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The BBC and other British media reported that a British Army soldier was accused of rape.

“We can confirm the arrest of a Service person in Kenya,” the defence ministry said in a statement. “As the matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Defence Serious Crime Command, we will not comment further.”

A U.K.-Kenya defence cooperation agreement allows thousands of British soldiers to train in the East African country each year. About 200 U.K. troops are based there permanently to train Kenyan soldiers.

In the World University Rankings 2025 by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), China leads with 346 universities, surpassing the U.S. for the first time.

The number of Chinese universities accounts for 17% of the total 2,000, reflecting an increase of 22 institutions compared to last year. Meanwhile, the number of U.S. universities dropped by 10, leaving 319 institutions in the ranking, according to data released by CWUR on June 2.

In yet another massive overnight attack, Russia launched a total of 499 drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday.

According to the official statement by Ukraine’s Air Defence forces, 479 of them have been downed.

In a record wave of strikes, Moscow launched 479 Shahed‑type attack drones and various decoy UAVs, four Kh‑47M2 "Kinzhal" air-launched ballistic missiles, 10 Kh‑101 cruise missiles, three Kh‑22 cruise missiles, two Kh‑31P anti‑radar missiles and one Kh‑35 cruise missile.

Ukraine reportedly neutralised 479 of the incoming targets, shooting down 292 and jamming 187 via electronic warfare.

When Agosto Bodo took a job at a Chinese law firm’s Budapest office last year, he found himself catapulted into the centre of a China-fuelled investment boom.

Yingke Law Firm, a major player in Chinese corporate law, had opened the new office to serve a wave of Chinese companies looking to open factories in Hungary. And the business was quickly gaining momentum.

Public disorder broke out in Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with police saying a number of missiles had been thrown towards officers after crowds gathered near the site of an alleged sexual assault in the town.

The unrest follows a protest in the area, about 30 minutes’s drive from the capital city of Belfast, earlier on Monday evening, the police statement said, adding damage had been reported to a number of properties.

Palestinians in Gaza say they were fired on once again as they headed to one of the aid distribution centres run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday.

Witnesses said that for the first time they were fired on by Palestinian gunmen near the GHF site in the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah, in the south. They also said Israeli troops fired on them.

After becoming the first Vietnamese American woman in space, Amanda Nguyen came to Vietnam this week with a powerful message: the stars belong to everyone.

Speaking at Fulbright University Vietnam's commencement ceremony on June 7 at Ho Chi Minh City's Reunification Hall, the 33-year-old social activist reflected on her historic April 14 suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezo

Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of violence hit demonstrations against President Donald Trump's immigration policy.

National Guard troops - deployed by Trump at the weekend to help quell the protests in a move that California Governor Gavin Newsom called unlawful - guarded federal government buildings on Sunday.